noun. The act of occulting or the state of being occulted.

noun. undefined

noun. The passage of a celestial body across the line of sight between an observer and another celestial object, as when the moon moves between Earth and the sun in a solar eclipse.

noun. The progressive blocking and unblocking of light or other electromagnetic radiation from a celestial source during such a passage.

noun. An observational technique for determining the position or radiant structure of a celestial source undergoing such occultation or of the object causing the occultation.

noun. The temporary, supernatural removal of a holy person from visible existence, as Shiites believe is the case with the 12th imam.

noun. The act of hiding or concealing, or the state of being hidden or concealed; especially, the hiding of one body from sight by another; specifically, in astronomy, the hiding of a star or planet from sight by its passing behind some other of the heavenly bodies. It is particularly applied to the eclipse of a fixed star by the moon.

noun. Figuratively, disappearance from view; withdrawal from notice.

noun. The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.

noun. The state of being occult.

noun. See under Circle.

noun. An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object

noun. , Describes the state of an imam that has been hidden by Allah.

noun. one celestial body obscures another

"Astronomers refer to this phenomenon as an "occultation," taken from the Latin word occultÄre, which means "to conceal.""

circle of perpetual occultation  eclipse  syzygy  

break  interruption  

lunar eclipse  partial eclipse  solar eclipse  total eclipse  

Fae  barometrical  cartography  destruct  flare-up  

annular eclipse  blackout  blanketing  blocking  blotting out